I started attending a Korean American Church since moving to the Bay Area for a job two years ago. My wife and I are SBC cooperating baptists and believe in SBC Faith and Message 2000. We are bi-lingual but my widowed mother who lives with us only speaks Korean, so we chose this "loosely" SBC affiliated church.
The baptist church we attend is SBC in name only. I would exactly call it a baptist church other than we perform immersion if someone desires regardless of any confirmations or teachings of what credo-baptism actually means. Doctrines and theologies are not exactly important to most Korean American churches or Korean American Christians. Most Korean American churches are more fellowship focused than biblical inerrancy.
My wife, my older daughter, and I are involved in many programs serving in various roles, so we are pretty entrenched since we joined the church. Recently, our youth group's assistant pastor (not ordained yet) started letting his wife preach to our youth group (middle and high schoolers). She did attend and finish Gateway Seminary (formerly Golden Gate), but she is not an official staff, but more like a voluntary pastoral staff. Our senior pastor is pretty loose (he holds to Fuller Seminary theology... somewhat liberal), so do believe in female pastorship.
They both truly cares for our youths and I really like them, but their passions tend to be unbridled and their preaching style is feelings oriented (very frequent alter calls). I did ask them if they believe in SBC Faith and Message regarding male pastorship, but they feel that both can preach to our youth group. My daughter is in the youth group and I am concerned since my wife and I hold to complimentarian beliefs and that the role of pastorship is for men qualified by the scripture.
It is very difficult to find a reformed church in the bay area. Is this something that I should be concerned about since it is our church youth group?
I sincerely ask for some guidance.
The baptist church we attend is SBC in name only. I would exactly call it a baptist church other than we perform immersion if someone desires regardless of any confirmations or teachings of what credo-baptism actually means. Doctrines and theologies are not exactly important to most Korean American churches or Korean American Christians. Most Korean American churches are more fellowship focused than biblical inerrancy.
My wife, my older daughter, and I are involved in many programs serving in various roles, so we are pretty entrenched since we joined the church. Recently, our youth group's assistant pastor (not ordained yet) started letting his wife preach to our youth group (middle and high schoolers). She did attend and finish Gateway Seminary (formerly Golden Gate), but she is not an official staff, but more like a voluntary pastoral staff. Our senior pastor is pretty loose (he holds to Fuller Seminary theology... somewhat liberal), so do believe in female pastorship.
They both truly cares for our youths and I really like them, but their passions tend to be unbridled and their preaching style is feelings oriented (very frequent alter calls). I did ask them if they believe in SBC Faith and Message regarding male pastorship, but they feel that both can preach to our youth group. My daughter is in the youth group and I am concerned since my wife and I hold to complimentarian beliefs and that the role of pastorship is for men qualified by the scripture.
It is very difficult to find a reformed church in the bay area. Is this something that I should be concerned about since it is our church youth group?
I sincerely ask for some guidance.